Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Strict rest at first, and limited activity thereafter are essential to successful recovery from injury or surgery. Keeping an active dog for re-injuring themselves during the recovery period is easier said than done. Cookie’s recovery from iliopsoas injury Poor Cookie was under house arrest to get her iliopsoas muscles to heal. Naturally, strict rest was the mainstay of her treatment.…
What is the difference between a mishap and a setback? And are they unavoidable during your dog’s recovery from surgery or injury? A mishap is an unfortunate event or accident that might happen while your dog is healing from a surgery or injury. Your dog’s activity level, mobility challenges, and their environment can be contributing factors that can end up…
When your dog is recovering from surgery or an injury, a big part of successful rehabilitation is usually dramatic exercise restriction or even strict rest. While strict rest is often introduced only through the initial period (and there is actually an emerging movement against the use of too much crate rest), exercise and activity restrictions can last weeks or even…
What to do when you need to restrict activity of your active dog post injury or surgery? Crate rest is fine very short-term but eventually, the dog needs to get moving. The same goes for chemical restraint such as Trazodone. Explaining that they need to curb their enthusiasm to your wild dog doesn’t always get through. Plans are great as…